freedom of speech

Liability fears are increasingly weaponized to justify removal of socially engaged art. Treating display as endorsement is legally wrong and culturally corrosive censorship.

By abandoning proactive content moderation, platforms are accelerating a global slide toward censorship — the very outcome they claim to oppose.

What played out across social media throughout Moldova's recent election exposed how easily disinformation fills the gaps between state regulation and platform indifference. 

The concerns expressed about the possible application of UCMJ's Article 88 to the protected speech of retired military officers aren't theoretical.

A pair of cables issued by the State Department that are ostensibly intended to combat antisemitism will inevitably chill or punish First Amendment-protected speech.

The President’s invocation of purported authority to deploy the military in response to free speech raises alarming applications of untested laws meant only for emergencies.

The unraveling of press freedom in the United States mirrors Putin's capture of the Russian media, write two experts who know both terrains.

Launching a new series with leading experts on regulating the information environment, co-organized by NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and Tech Policy Press.

A federal judge halted the shutdown of VOA, citing violations of administrative law and congressional authority, not press freedom.

The states have stepped up to regulate consumer-facing online services where the federal government has been utterly silent. But the tech companies are not sitting idly by.

For middleware to flourish, policymakers must align market incentives, address regulatory barriers, and encourage platform cooperation.

Recent rulings by federal judges provide templates for opposing the destruction of congressionally-created agencies like the Voice of America.